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Double Fine uses Kickstarter to fund a new point-and-click adventure game
When I went to bed last night, I had no idea that Double Fine’s Tim Schafer had announced a new Kickstarter project, one asking for donations totaling $400,000 to fund and film the process of making a new “old school” … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, impressions, musings, news, randomness, videogames
Tagged adventure, Double Fine, iOS, Kickstarter, mac, point and click, Queen, Tim Schafer
Dragalia Lost is pretty, confusing, and pretty confusing
Nintendo has released a couple of games for mobile devices now, namely Super Mario Run, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, Fire Emblem Heroes, and Dragalia Lost, and I finally have a phone fancy enough to play ’em. Suck it, Windows phone…just … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, impressions, musings, videogames
Tagged action RPG, Alberia, cell phone, Cygames, Dragalia Lost, gacha, Hiroki Matsuura, JRPG, multiplayer, Nintendo, Nintendo EPD, online multiplayer
Harvest Seasons is a dangerously addictive clicker
I don’t play as many clicker/idle games as I did a few years ago, but I still check in on a few now and then, such as Clicker Heroes, Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms, and Harvest Seasons, today’s topic … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, first impressions, impressions, musings, randomness, videogames
Tagged Bearded Bunnies, city building, clicker, clicking, farming, Harvest Seasons, idle games, Steam, upgrades
An outlandishly intriguing echo of Legendary Gary’s life
For many, videogames are not just a way to kill the hours, a delightful form of digital entertainment, but rather pure escapism. They are a doorway to elsewhere. I know that when I was going through my divorce a few … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, musings, review, RPGs, videogames
Tagged Adult Swim, art, Cibele, escapism, Evan Rogers, indie, Legend of the Spear, Legendary Gary, strategy, Time Masters, turn-based combat, What Remains of Edith Finch, Winkali, xXsickXx
A new time-altering adventure for Marty McFly and Doc Brown
Funny enough, the day after I finished the last episode of Telltale’s Back to the Future: The Game, Back to the Future Part III was on TV. I haven’t seen it or the other parts in several years now, probably not … Continue reading
Begin your King’s Quest by outwitting four other knightly candidates
I have zero association with Sierra Entertainment’s King’s Quest series, despite its legacy in the point-and-click adventure game genre and my love for entertainment based on pointing and clicking. I remember hearing something once that these Sierra games were punishing … Continue reading
Posted in achievements, entertainment, impressions, musings, videogames, xbox one
Tagged A Knight to Remember, adventure, backtracking, Christopher Lloyd, Daventry, episodic, Graham, King's Quest, point and click, puns, puzzles, QTE, Sierra, The Odd Gentlemen
Gimme Five’s random questions just keep coming
If I could have just one TV channel and not include anything else in my personalized cable package, it would easily be the Game Show Network. So long as they let me cut out Idiotest and replace that nightly time … Continue reading
Posted in achievements, entertainment, musings, randomness, videogames, xbox one
Tagged Ben Gleib, Divided, Game Show Network, Gimme Five, GSN, Idiotest, puzzles, questions, shuboarder, sports, trivia
Windosill’s interactive environmental objects are a joy to click
At some point last year while I was deep into Alto’s Adventure, the stylishly difficult endless snowboarder with runaway llamas, and conducting research on it for this blog post, I discovered a sensory-tingling clicky sojourn called Windosill, which clearly had … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, impressions, musings, videogames
Tagged Alto's Adventure, browser, interactive, Patrick Smith, puzzles, Steam, Steam summer sale, Vectorpark, Windosill
2017 Game Review Haiku, #60 – The Fickle Hands of Fate
When Fate rings her bell She’s off, in search of something One click, not two clicks – I can’t believe I’m still doing this. I can’t believe I’ll ever stop. These game summaries in chunks of five, seven, and five … Continue reading
Posted in 2017 completed games, entertainment, haiku review, videogames
Tagged adventure, AGS, game jams, haiku, haikus, MAGS, MAGS competition, MAGS May 2017, poetry, point and click
Grinding Down 